Clothes-hanger support for wardrobe trunks



gwmmtoz Than-Pas M.Hmuse Filed June 19 T M HOUSE CLOTHES HANGER SUPPORT FOR WARDROBE TRUNKS Oct. 36, 1923.

I atto'zmg Patented Get. 30, 1923.

THOMAS 1a. HOUSE, or RICHMOND, vrneiivi aiassreuon 'ro nicnmoivn ranssnn METAL woaxs, Inc, or RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, A GORBQRATION or VIRGINIA.

CLOTHES-HANGER surron'r non WARDROBE 'rnuivxs.

Application filed June 19, 1922; SerialNo. 569,255

To aZZ whomit may concern."

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. House, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Hang er Supports for Wardrobe Trunks, of which he following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to :clothes hanger supports, and particularly to such hanger supports as are used Wlth wardrobe trunks.

Wardrobe trunks are usually formed in two sections hinged to each other, oneuof these sections containing a series or stack of drawers and the other section having gar ment hanger supports at its upper end, these supports usually consisting of one vor more foldable' or telescopic brackets at'-.

tached to the hanger section of the trunk and projecting out therefrom and toldab'le or telescopic to permit the trunk to be closed. a I I One or" the objects of the present invention is to provide a telescopic hanger support comprising a rodlike member whichis rigidly attached to'the trunk, and a sleeve telescopically engaging with the Vrod-hke member and movable inward or outward;

thereon, this sleeve being so formed at its inner end that when it is drawn outward it will carry with it the hangers which are,

rod so that the hangers will form no impediment to the easy inward movement of the sleeve. i

In telescopic clothes hanger brackets or supports known to me and commonly found in wardrobe trunks, the sleeves upon an outward movement or" the sleeves slip beneath the hangers and leave the clothes hangers at the back of the trunk and these clothes hangers must be afterwards shifted out upon the supports or brackets in order to get at the clothes. By providing a sleeve so constructed that the hangers are drawn outward as the sleeves are drawn outward, this necessity of afterwards drawing out the hangers is eliminated. Of course, after the hangers have been drawn outward upon the extended supports or brackets the hangers are spaced upon the brackets.

A further object is to so construct the inner end of the sleeve that when the sleeves are forced inward they willride or slip beneath the hangers and lift the hangers up onto the sleeves without the hangers formlng any real; impediment to the inward movement of the sleeves.

I My invention is illustrated in the accompanying, drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upmy invention applied thereto;

-Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of one ofthe hangerisupports showing a series of hangers thereon;

Figure-3 is a section on the line 33 of Figure2; f

F igurefl isa fragmentary elevation showing the rear end of the member 14: and showin a clothes hanger resting on the ears 17 igure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 4; J

per portion of a wardrobe trunk showingtwo of these rods in a wardrobe trunk disposedwin, parallel relation to and adjacent the side walls of the hanger section of the trunk, asillustrated in Figure 1, and these rods" are'connected rigidly to the rear of the trunk in any suitable manner. Thus, for instance, the rods may be connected to each other or formed integral with each other andthe connecting cross bar 11 of the rodsmay be attached to the trunk in any suitable manner and the outer portions of the rods may be supported in any suitable manner, as for instance by brackets 12, which as shown are provided with a base for attachment to the side walls of the trunk, then extend inward and upward, as at 13, and are engaged within a slot or in any other suitable manner with the rod. I do not wish to be limited to the particular form of the rod or bracket or to any particular manner of attaching it to the trunk.

Coacting with each rod is a sleeve 14 which is formed preferably of sheet metal and from a blank, as illustrated in Figure 6. This blank at one end is cut out to provide a medially disposed, approximately T-shaped opening 15, this 'opening being bounded by the transversely extending inner wall or edge 16 and the two ears 17. These ears have rounded edges. The strip forming the blank is bent into an approximatelytubular sleeve, as illustrated in Figure 3', adapted to embrace the rod 10, the outer edges of the strip forming the sleeve being formed to provide longitudinally extending;

flanges 18 which are approxlmately parallel to each other and which are engaged at one end by a rivet 19 and at'the outer.

end are held in spaced relation toeaoh other byv a head 20 and a fiat shank 21 disposed within the open end of the sleeve and between the flanges 18 so as to space these flanges apart, a rivet 22 being disposed through the flanges l8 and through the shank 21. This head 20 extends upward above the sleeve so as to prevent the-hangers from slipping off of the sleeve; The portions 13- of the brackets 12extend into the slot formed between the flanges 18 between the rivets 19 and the shank 21 sothat each sleeve has limited longitudinal movement upon the correspondingrodlO. In the use of this device, if a series of clothes hangers A are disposed with their sleeves have been forced fully inward the ends of the hangers rest upon the sleeves. The rearmost hanger will rest in the notch 23' formed by the forward rounded edges of the ears 17 and when the sleeves are drawn outward these ears will constitute sufficient obstruction to the relative rearward movementof'the hangers as to cause the'h'angers Then, as before stated, the hangers may be shifted to be drawn out withthe sleeves.

along'the sleeves and rods 10 so as to space the hangers to any desired extent to remove a garment. no impediment to the inward movement of the sleeves when it is desired toolose the trunk, inasmuch as the hangers will ride The hangers constitute up over the rounded rear edges of the ears 17 Furthermore, the rear end of the sleeve atthe edge 16 is somewhat beveled so that this edge shall form no obstruction to the inward movement of the sleeve.

I do not wish to belimited to the use of this device in connection with wardrobe trunks, as it is obvious that any bracket for the support of clothes hanger whether in a closet, trunk or other situation may be constructed in this manner, nor do I wish tobe limited to the exact and detailed construction illustrated as this might be modified in many ways and yet accomplish the same result. I

I' claim v1. Ahanger support comprising an outwardly projectingrod and a sleeve telescopically engaging the rod, the sleeve being formed of thin metal approximately circular in cross section to embrace the rod, the edges of the sleeve being spaced from each other and downwardly flanged, the sleeve at its rear end being formed with a recess, the inner end of the recess being transversev to the length of the sleeve, the lateral walls of the recess being convexly rounded to form ears, said ears extending verticallyupward, the apices of the ears being disposed slightly above the rod.

2. In a wardrobe trunk, a pair of outwardly projecting, parallel hanger supporting rods rigidly attached to the back of the trunk, brackets supporting the forward ends of the rods, sleeves telescopically engaging the rods and having heads at theirouter ends, each sleeve being formed to provide a longitudinally extending slot on its under side through which the bracket extends, each sleeve at its inner end being formed to provide a transversely extending rear edge, and oppositely disposed ears rearward of said edge,'the ears being rounded, the upper edges of said .rounded ears being slightly above the adjacent surface of the corresponding supporting rod.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

THOMAS M. HOUSE. 

